merciful. 37 And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and
condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall
be released: 38 give, and it shall be given unto you; good
measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they
give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be
measured to you again.

39 And he spake also a parable unto them, Can the blind guide the
blind? shall they not both fall into a pit? 40 The disciple is not
above his teacher: but every one when he is perfected shall be as
his teacher. 41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy
brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own
eye? 42 Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me cast
out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not
the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first
the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to
cast out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. 43 For there is no
good tree that bringeth forth corrupt fruit; nor again a corrupt
tree that bringeth forth good fruit. 44 For each tree is known by
its own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a
bramble bush gather they grapes. 45 The good man out of the good
treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and the
evil _man_ out of the evil _treasure_ bringeth forth that which is
evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I
say? 47 Every one that cometh unto me, and heareth my words, and
doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like: 48 he is like a
man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a
foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake
against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been
well builded. 49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man
that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against
which the stream brake, and straightway it fell in; and the ruin
of that house was great.

It might seem difficult to prove that the Sermon on the Mount is the same
as this discourse which has been called by some the Sermon on the Plain.
The exact relation between the sermon reported by Matthew and this great
address recorded by Luke has long been a sub